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Getting Into Sinking

Release Date: October 16, 2001

In March 2001, Philadelphia's AM/FM's debut full-length Mutilate Us was met with instant critical acclaim. After touring through 2001 with bands ranging from Cinerama to Rainer Maria to Cave-In, AM/FM released Getting Into Sinking, a record on which they continued to display their incredible range of influences.

As the title may suggest, Getting Into Sinking is a murkier, smokier affair than previous recordings. Progressing over the course of 40 minutes, AM/FM slowly drift into softer and more exquisite sounds.

Tracklist

Virgins! Virgins!
If We Burned All The Assholes The Earth Would Look Like The Sun
All Your Dreams Come True
The Death They Claim
And Then I Got To Thinking About The Amimals
Call Me Up
I Was Never Here Two Seconds Ago
Head Gone Vertical
It Fell Out of My Head
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Come Suck Down A Cloud
Getting Into Sinking

Reviews

Fans through a range of musical influences wide enough to rivalthe record collection of any rock-critic dork.

- DIW
A head bopping, toe-tapping collection of post indie rock confessions, completewith brushed guitar, a face full of tears and more maturity than you've foundon a rock record in ages.

- Resonance
GettingInto Sinking is altogether more confident in its experimentation, morecohesive in its execution, and more concerted in its impact on the listener.

- All Music Guide
The hummed background vocal parts, thequietly strummed acoustic guitars, and the uncommonly liquid-like lead guitarlines all form together to concoct an emotionally satisfying brand of pop thatmelts into your ears.

- PopMatters
AM/FM succeeds byplaying Flaming Lips to its own Modest Mouse.

- CMJ
An album engineered for springtime, wherethe increasing temperatures and longer daytimes make even the hardest heartvulnerable to an innocently catchy song's viral attack.

- Pitchfork